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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

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Davina Porter
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Ratings
Book
13
Narrator
6
Release Date
September 21, 2005
Duration
8 hours 21 minutes
Summary
In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart. When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunted by memories of events that never happened to him.The situation piques her insatiable curiosity: Could the memories be connected with the donor's demise? Naturally, Isabel's friend Jamie thinks it is none of Isabel's business. Meanwhile, Grace, Isabel's housekeeper, has become infatuated with a man at her spiritualist meeting, and Cat brings home an Italian lothario. That makes for some particularly tricky problems-both practical and philosophical-for Isabel to unravel in this enormously engaging and highly unusual mystery
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Profile Avatar Kim P. Feb 2025

It really helps with this series, even more so than the no. 44 Scotland St. series, to have been to Edinburgh and to have spent a solid amount of time in Scotland, in general. Much of the humor is very specific to Edinburgh and Scotland. I think that without that familiarity the book might be amusing, but not bordering on hilarious. The characters are all very true to Edinburgh, the kindest, most comfortable, uptight city in the world. It’s like someone squished San Francisco, San Diego and Mayberry into a single city to create Edinburgh. The plot meanders a bit, but I think it’s true to the main character of the book, Isabelle Dalhousie, who bumbles and over analyses herself charmingly from one awkward social interaction or moral quandary to the next, largely unaware of the fondness people around her feel for her and her earnest well meaning interference. The book is funny, sweet and charming, but I think very specific to Edinburgh.

Profile Avatar Susan L. Nov 2022

Great original plot, with plenty of twists

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Read by: Davina Porter
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